It would seem the biometric focus now is on the face, giving devices the ability to unlock an iPhone even if the owner is wearing a mask.
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I only use the fingerprint scanner for authorizing app downloads, pin for everything else. Still, I’d miss it (who the hell wants to type in a password or grab it from the password manager every time?).
The convenience is a major force in getting lots of people to adopt these things. I find those systems very efficient. But the problem is “efficient in what?”
I think Apple know FaceID is the more valuable source of ID data in model training. Since it is unlikely that fingerprints are changing, and that you can’t have had a FaceID before you gave a fingerprint (device rollout ordering), they may be targeting an easier AI workflow.
I worry about what a centralized ID will look like. We worry that Silicon Valley centralized most stuff. A centralized ID system makes that look like child’s play.
